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w. M. KELLY TYPE Filed August 4 1923 Patented Feb. 23, 1926.

UNITE. il' STATES PATENT osrics.

WILLIAM M. KELLY, 0F WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

TYPE.

Application filed August 4, 1923. Serial No. 655,628.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. KELLY, a citizen of the United States,and resident of lVcstfield, Union County, State of New cierscy, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Type, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to printing apparatus and particularly to an ar'angement which is of special utility in connection with large displaytype.

The manufacture of type of this kind, say as point size and upwards,requires considerable metal which is costly and on account of its weightand size the shipment, handling and storage of such type also involves agreat deal of expense. The present invention aims to overcome thesedifliculties by providing an arrangement in which the type charactersare formed on relatively thin type plates which plates are adapted to bemounted on a support formed of a plurality of independent metal strips,such as the ordinary slugs and leads. Suchthin type plates require muchless metal than ordinary type and are therefore less expensive tomanufacture and transport and they can be stored in less space and,without involving great loss, can be used once and thrown into thescrap. The slugs and leads employed to form the support are standardparts in printing shops and may be used indefinitely.

The various advantages of the invention will more fully appear from thefollowing specification taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings forming a part thereof and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing two type plates mounted on a baseor support made up of four strips, the type illustrated in this figurebeing a l8 point type and the support being made up of four slugs 12points in thickness;

Figure 2 is a similar view showing a 36 point type, the base beingformed of two inner slugs 12 points in thickness and two outer slugs 6points in thickness; and

Figure 3 is a perspective View of an arrangement similar to that shownin Figure 2 illustrating the manner of separating the supporting stripsor slugs of the base to replace or insert a new type plate.

Referring to the drawingsin detail, 10 represents the type plates eachof which is provided on the top face with a suitable the sides of thebase.

character 11, and on the bottom face with a rib 12 preferably ofdove-tailed form. These plates may be made relatively thin and light, itbeing only nebessary that they be of sutlicient thickness to form afairly strong and rigid foundation for the characters and for the ribs12, Such plates may also be made of any size desired, the invention asalready noted being particularly designed for large display type of 24point size or larger.

In forming the base or support for the type plates 10 a plurality ofmetallic strips are employed. the ordinary slugs and leads of standardsize and thickness. Thus in Figure 1 there is illustrated a 48 pointtype, the base being made up of four slugs 13, each 12 points inthickness. In Figures 2 and 3 a 36 point type is shown, the base beingformed of two inner slugs 13 each 12 points in thickness, and two outerslugs 14 each 6 points in thickness. By employing a sufficient number ofslugs and leads a base may thus be built up to support and completelyunderlie type plates of any size. It will be understood that the typeplates are made of such size that the base for the same can be built upfrom slugs and leads of standard thickness and that the top and bottomedges of the type plates, regardless of the size of characters on theplates, will preferably lie flush with In other words the length of thetype plates is such that the combined thickness of the standard stripsforming the base may if desired be made exactly equal to such length. Inorder to receive the ribs 12 on the bottom face of the type plates 10 itwill be seen that the slugs or some of them are provided along at leastone edge with a notch or recess 15. Preferably such notches are madeonly in the 12 point slugs. When two of the notched slugs are placedtogether as illustrated in the drawings, the two adjacent notches 15form a dove-tailed recess for receiving the ribs 12 on the type plates10.

From the foregoing it will be understood that a line of type may thus beset up by assembling the necessary type plates upon a base. The typeplates 10, together with the base, make a body which is type high andwhich can thus be used in an ordinary printing press. lVhen a pluralityof lines thus made up are assembled in a holder and locked up each linepresses against adjacent These strips are preferably lines so that theslugs and leads forn'iing the base are firmly held in position. Thenotches 15 of the slugs are made of such size to closely and accuratelyfit the ribs 12 so that when. a form is locked up in a holder the typeplates are held rigidly and in perfect alignment. \Vith an arrangementof this kind it is apparcntthz it in order to change a character in alineit is only necessary to separate the parts of the base asillnstrated particularly in Figure 3-when one character may be taken outand another substituted therettor without disturbing the adjacentcharacters. v

The foregoing arrangement possesses numerous advantages, which will i beap parent to those skilled in the art. The manufacture of type plates 10involves less expense than the ordinary large type-high type and muchless expense is involved in the shipment and storage of the same. Thetype plates being conn tniratively cheap. they may be thrown into thescrap after use thus making it unnecesiary tostore the same. The slugsand leads used to form the base are not connected in any way so thatthey can be separated when desired to permit changing a type platewithout (listin'hing the adjacent plates.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent is:

LA priiiting arrangement comprising, in combination, relatively thintype plates each having a character on one side thereof and a rib on theother side, a for said plat-es comprising a plurality of separate and unconnected metal strips of standard thickness used inprinting arrangedbeneath saii plates and completely underlying the same, the combinedthickness of said strips being equal to the length of said plateswhereby the ends of said plates are flush with the sides of said base,two of said strips having notches along one edge thereof which ceoperateto form a groove to receive and tightly clamp the ribs on said typeplates and hold the same in position when the are rangement is locked upin a holder, said strips and type plates together forming an arrangementwhich is of standard type height.

A printing arrangement comprising in combination, relatively thin typeplates each having a character on one side and a rib on the other side,a base tor said plates comprising two strips of standard thickness usedin printing arranged beneath said plates and having notches alongonecedge thereof which cooperate to form a grooveto receive and tightlyclamp the ribs on said type plates and hold the same in position whenthe arrangement is locked up in a holder, said base also comprising twoadditional. strips arranged one on either side of said first namedstrips and beneath said plates, all of said strips being entirelyseparate and disconnected, whereby the same may be separated andindividual type plates removed or inserted without disturbing adjacentplates, said strips and type plates together forming an arrangementwhich is of standard typeheight.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afliX my signature.

WILLIAM M. KELLY.

